Congress Scrutinizes FDA’s Role in CBD Regulation

Congress Scrutinizes FDA’s Role in CBD Regulation

Jonathan Miller, general counsel at the U.S. Hemp Roundtable represented hemp stakeholders at a congressional hearing last week to determine if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had failed to meet its charter obligations by not moving to regulate CBD.

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that it does not have the authority to regulate CBD, nor is there an existing regulatory framework for cannabinoids, they argue.  FDA is reluctant to wade into cannabis.  It is a complicated subject, with overlapping agency interests, and many decades of entrenched policy that makes the issue radioactive for…

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